The Qur'an states that a Muslim man
cannot have sex with another man's wife.
However, there is an important exception
when he is at liberty to have sex with
another man's wife. This exception
applies to a married woman who is his
captive or slave. If a married woman
consents to having sex with her Muslim
master, then it is adultery. If a
married woman is forced by her Muslim
captor, then it is rape. In either case, the
Qur'an is in direct violation to the
immutable moral law of Allah, the Judge of
the Last Day. The divine Law given by Allah
to Moses (Musa) states, "You shall
not commit adultery."
The Companions of Muhammad used the
captive/slave exception to have affairs with
the married women under their control.
During the lifetime of Muhammad, they
followed their passionate lusts just like
the heathen who do know not Allah
(1Thes 4:5). The traditional hadiths record
that Muhammad's Companions raised a question
about birth control and whether it should be
practiced in their adulterous affairs with
their captive women.
In Sahih Muslim,
Book 8 Chapter 22 in the section on
Al 'Azl or Incomplete Sexual
Intercourse, Muhammad told his Companions to
go ahead and have illicit sex with their
captive married women without practicing
coitus interruptus (al-'azl).
There did not seem to be a question whether
or not it was morally right to have sex with
these women who were married to another man.
It was assumed that these adulterous affair
were approved by Muhammad and Allah,
since these immoral acts were sanctioned in
the Qur'an. The only real question was the
adultery technique itself. The Muslim men
were worried that they might get their
female victims pregnant. And, if their
female victims became pregnant, then their
ransom value would be diminished or lost
completely. So, in the minds of Muhammad's
followers, they faced a dilemma of either 1)
practicing
al-'Azl and maintaining their women's
ransom value or 2) not using this caution
during sexual intercourse and possibly
losing their female slave's ransom value.
They wished they could avoid this dilemma,
because they were keen to give full rein to
their heathen lust as well as to receive a
full ransom for their female captives.
Imam Muslim's records the traditional
account of their dilemma and Muhammad's
answer.
Sahih Muslim
Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa'id al Khadri
(Allah he pleased with him): 0 Abu
Sa'id, did you hear Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) mentioning
al-'azl? He said: Yes, and added: We
went out with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) on the expedition to
the Bi'l-Mustaliq and took captive some
excellent Arab women; and we desired
them, for we were suffering from the
absence of our wives, (but at the same
time) we also desired ransom for them.
So we decided to have sexual intercourse
with them but by observing 'azl
(Withdrawing the male sexual organ
before emission of semen to
avoid conception). But we said: We are
doing an act whereas Allah's Messenger
is amongst us; why not ask him? So we
asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), and he said: It does not
matter if you do not do it, for every
soul that is to be born up to the Day of
Resurrection will be born.
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3371
Muhammad was quick to give his answer,
and his answer was music to their ears.
Muhammad said that they did not have to
practice al-'azl. Now, on the
surface, it seems that Muhammad's unlearned
followers knew more about embryology and
human reproduction than Muhammad himself.
They knew that semen was required in the
process of human reproduction that is why
they thought it would be better to practice
al-'azl. It might be suggested that
Muhammad had a lapse in memory. But,
this is unlikely, since this form of birth
control was common knowledge throughout
world history. Rather, he seemed eager
to reward his Companions with every sensual
pleasure, as long as they willing plundered, killed, and enslaved anyone at
his command. In his cunning, he had the
necessary revelation from Allah to make
captive married women eligible sex providers
(Qur'an 4:24) for his Companions who
lacked moral
self-control.
Muhammad turned the issue into a
spiritual one, making it seem as if
Allah would approve of forcing married women
to have sex without prophylactic caution.
In other words, Muhammad stated indirectly
that having sex with female captives would
have nothing to do with any children being
born into the world. Because, according to
Muhammad, "every soul that is to be born
up to the Day of Resurrection will be born."
So, if a child were born to a captive
female, it would have been born as a result
of the divine decree (al-Qadr) of
Allah, not as a result of the sexual act of the Muslim
rapist.
In other words, Muhammad's Companions would
not be responsible for a child being born.
Allah and Allah's divine decree would be
responsible for the baby's birth. If a
captive woman became pregnant, she had no
right to be angry with Muhammad's men. She
should blame Allah, because it was Allah who
decreed her pregnancy by her Muslim captor.
So, in effect, Muhammad shifted the moral
blame from his sexually ravenous Companions
and pointed to Allah as the real culprit.
Furthermore, Muhammad's statement is a
logical tautology or a statement that must
always be true. The word, tautology
comes from the Greek language and means
redundant. In its simplest form,
it is like saying, "an apple is an apple."
Of course, it is true that an apple is an
apple. Likewise, it is true by
definition that every child that is to be
born will be born. With this answer,
Muhammad dodged the whole moral issue of
using married female captives to gratify the
sensual lusts of his Companions, and he was
deceptive about the biological facts of
sexual intercourse too.
Muhammad stood against the weak and
helpless victims, so the powerful could
satisfy their immoral desires. He made it appear that Allah was
on the side of those who wanted to engage in
the passionate sexual lusts of the pagans.
What must the violated women thought as they
looked towards the heavens knowing they were
being used as sex slaves in the name of
Allah, the Merciful and the Compassionate?
Was there no mercy or compassion for them?
What kind of prophet was this who turned
upside down creation's moral order?
Why did the Muhammad falsely claim that
Allah disregarded the sanctity of a woman's
marital covenant with her own husband while
she was a Muslim captive?
Muhammad seemed to be impatient with his
companions. He could not grasp their
hesitation to engage in illicit sex
immediately. He seemed eager, even
sexually stimulated, to have the adulterous
orgy begin and to have it begin immediately
without the inconvenience of al-'azl.
He shouted out his command three times,
"Verily you do it, verily you do it, verily
you do it!" They obeyed, and
Shaitan smiled.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased
with him) reported: We took women
captives, and we wanted to do 'azl with
them. We then asked Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) about it, and he
said to us: Verily you do it, verily
you do it, verily you do it, but the
soul which has to be born until the Day
of judgment must be born. (emphasis
added)
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3373
Imam Muslim wanted his reader
not to be in doubt about the issue. He gave
several supporting hadiths to
establish firmly his point.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased
with him) (was asked if he had heard it
himself), to which he said: Yes. (I
heard) Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no harm if
you do not practise it, for it (the
birth of the child) is something
ordained (by Allah).
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3374
This hadith is reported on the
authority of Abu Sa'id with the same
chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation (of words).
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3375
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased
with him) reported that Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) was asked about
'azl, whereupon he said: There is no
harm if you do not do that, for it (the
birth of the child) is something
ordained. Muhammad (one of the
narrators) said: (The words) La 'alaykum
(there is no harm) implies its
Prohibition.
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3376
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased
with him) reported that mention was made
of 'azl in the presence of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him)
whereupon he said: Why do you practise
it? They said: There is a man whose wife
has to suckle the child, and if that
person has a sexual intercourse with her
(she may conceive) which he does not
like, and there is another person who
has a slave-girl and he has a sexual
intercourse with her, but he does not
like her to have conception so that she
may not become Umm Walad, whereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: There is no
harm if you do not do that, for that
(the birth of the child) is something
pre- ordained. Ibn 'Aun said: I made a
mention of this hadith to Hasan, and he
said: By Allah, (it seems) as if there
is upbraiding in it (for 'azl).
Sahih Muslim Book 8 Number 3377
Malik's Muwatta
Yahya related to me from Malik from
Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from
Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban that Ibn
Muhayriz said, "I went into the mosque
and saw Abu Said al-Khudri and so I sat
by him and asked him about coitus
interruptus. Abu Said al-Khudri said,
'We went out with the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, on the expedition to the Banu
al-Mustaliq. We took some Arabs
prisoner, and we desired the women as
celibacy was hard for us. We wanted the
ransom, so we wanted to practise coitus
interruptus. We said, 'Shall we practise
coitus interruptus while the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, is among us before we ask
him?' We asked him about that and he
said, 'You don't have to not do it.
There is no self which is to come into
existence up to the Day of Rising but
that it will come into existence.' "
Malik's Muwatta, Section: Coitus
Interruptus, Book 29, Number 29.32.95
What must their husbands have thought as
they had to stand by and watch Muhammad's
Companions copulate their wives like dogs?
For those unbelievers who sincerely loved
their wives, it was a horrific experience.
For unbelievers who did not love their
wives, the promise of wealth, plunder,
raids, and sex slaves was an attractive
incentive to join Muhammad's new
religion. It is an incentive engraved into
the very heart of the Qur'an and Hadiths.
Sunan Abu Dawud
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: The Apostle
of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent a
military expedition to Awtas on the
occasion of the battle of Hunain. They
met their enemy and fought with them.
They defeated them and took them
captives. Some of the
Companions of the Apostle of Allah (may
peace be upon him) were reluctant to
have intercourse with the female
captives in the presence of their
husbands who were unbelievers.
So Allah, the Exalted, send down the
Qur'anic verse: "And all married women
(are forbidden) unto you save those
(captives) whom your right hand
possess."[Surah 4:24] ...Sunan Abu
Dawud, Book V, Chapter 711, Number 2150
